Tiger Barb
Tiger Barb
Scientific Name:Barbus Tetrazona
Location:Borneo, Indonesia
Size:3"
Diet: Omnivorous: Duckweed, Vegetables, Brine Shrimp
Temperament:Know to bite fins, doesn't get along with angel fish or gouramis.
Tiger Barb
The Tiger Barb is silver/gold with black stripes and orange accented fins. They are a very lively, playful fish that prefers to be in schools.
Tiger Barb
Scientific Name: Puntius anchisporus
Family: Cyprinidae, Sub-Family Barbinae
About the Tiger Barb
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
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Tiger Barb
Barbus tetrazona - Sumatra e Born (other names: Barbus schuberti)
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Tiger Barb - Puntius tetrazona
Species name: Puntius tetrazona
Synonym: Barbus faciolatus; Puntius fasciolatus; Barbodes fasciolatus; Barbus barilioides, Barbus tetrazona ...
Tiger Barb Species Profile
The tiger barb is a lively, playful, schooling species that should be kept in groups of seven or more.
Tiger Barb, Sumatra Barb
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Tiger Barb
Origin= Indonesia - Sumatra, Borneo
Scientific Name= Barbus tetrazona
Max. Size= 2.75" (7CM) ...
Tiger Barb, Sumatra Barb
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Distribution Borneo and Sumatra, also reported in Thailand.
Tiger barbs have been documented to spawn as many as 500 eggs per female (Scheurmann 1990; Axelrod 1992). With proper conditioning, females can spawn at approximately two weeks intervals (Munro et. al. 1990) ...
The Tiger barb should not be kept with slow moving fish, as it will constantly nip the fins of slower fishes. This barb mixes well with other small barbs, as well as small tetras. They are hardy fish, somewhat tolerant of temperature fluctuations.
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common name: Tiger barb
Family: Cyprinidae
Continent of origin: Asia
Origin country: Thailand,
Size: under 5 cm (1.97 inch)
Minimal tank volume: 60 litre (16 US gal)
Temperature: 23 °C (73.4 °F) - 26 °C (78.8 °F) ...
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Tiger Barb (Puntius tetrazona)
Photo of: Tiger Barb (Puntius tetrazona)
Scientific Name(s): Puntius tetrazona, Barbus tetrazona, Capoeta tetrazona ...
Tiger Barbs
Tiger Barbs are schooling tropical fish that are quite active and an enjoyment to watch. Tiger Barbs are mildly territorial if they are not a part of a school. Minimum 3 per tank and they can be kept with other peaceful fish.
Tiger Barb - Oval orange and black striped fish (with other colour variations available including "albino" orange/white).
Tiger barb (Puntius tetrazona)
One of the most easily recognized aquarium fish, the scientific name tetrazona refers to the four vertical stripes.
Tiger Barb, Sumatra Barb [Pictures]
Puntius tetrazona
SYN: Barbus tetrazon
PD: The Tiger Barb is high-backed fish with no barbels. Its back is brown to orange and the belly is white to silver.
Tiger Barbs can add zest and life to any aquarium. This extremely active fish will keep an onlooker captivated for hours. They are especially pleasant when in schools of five or more.
Tiger Barb
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The Tiger Barb is silver/gold with black stripes and orange accented fins. It is a very lively, playful fish that prefers to be in schools.
Tiger Barbs
How to Breed Schooling Fishes
Most cyprinids and characins share a number of breeding tendencies. Tetras, barbs, and danios, are all egg-scatters and do not exercise any type of parental care of the eggs or the young.
Tiger barbs are available in a variety of color morphs ranging from the original orange with black stripes to albinos, "blushers" with translucent gill covers and the "moss green".
Tiger barbs were only 1 yuan each (US 12 cents) as were most of the other small fish.
A shopkeeper proudly pointed these out to me - some of the few loaches and catfish that I saw in China.
The same shopkeeper had another rarity - African cichlids.
Tiger Barb
Capoeta tetrazona
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Tiger Barb
A notorious fin nipper that doesn't do all that well in community tanks.
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Several varieties of fish are being artificially colored to improve marketability. Amongst these fish are the Colored Skirts, Painted Glass Fish, Painted Tiger Barbs, and Colored Botias.
Zebra Danios with Tiger Barbs
Zebra Danio Variations The following are just a few variations of Danio rerio. Others include Leopard Danios and Albino or Golden Leopard Danios.
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Tiger Barbs are able to handle a variety of water conditions, although they do better in soft water. Since they're a very active fish, wide open areas are needed for swimming.
Fish : 1 angel 1 "chinese" algae-eater 2 pl*cos 3 Tiger barbs (NOTE : these harrass the angel -- I need another tank to separate them) 4 Headlight-Taillights 5 Zebra danios This is a rather high fish load.
While those tiger barbs you see in the shop are attractive, highly interesting fish, they are a rather poor choice for your guppy tank. Once again, make a plan and stick to it if you want to avoid this problem (noticing a pattern?).
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Green Tiger Barb, and Albino Tiger Barb. The Green variety has similar markings and colors but will add a green body. The Albino will look exactly the same except the stripes will be white and the body will be pale yellow or pale gold.
Discus My 38 Gallon Aquarium, 3 Discus, 6 Tiger Barbs, 3 Chinese Algae Eaters, one Gold Nugget Pleco, and a Gold Chinese Algae Eater. I'm using a Marineland C-Series Multi Stage Canister Filter C-220, the best fiter out there.
Tiger barbs are lively fish that can be quite aggressive toward other species in the aquarium. They have a well-deserved reputation as fin nippers and have to known to kill fish with long flowing fins like angels and bettas. P.
Know as a Damsel Barb or Tiger Barb.
A tropical cypriniform, this barb is aggressive and should be kept in a shoal of eight or more to keep it from bothering other fish and the tank size should be rather large, say 10 or preferably 15 gallon.
By far the most commonly seen and commonly cursed Barb is the Tiger Barb - Capoeta tetrazona. It nips the fins of other fish if not kept in a large school of its own species and because it is over-bred it is susceptible to diseases.
By way of a small tale though, the author owned a sunset platty that had the rather capacious cancer on its tail removed by a hungry tiger barb.
This fish has a pattern similar to the Tiger barb, but does not share the reputation of that species for fin-nipping, and is therefore a good alternative for the peaceful community tank.
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I also was thinking about some tiger barbs, obviously a pleco, and maybe a spotted puffer. The puffer will be bigger than the cichlids at purchase, will this guarantee his safety? I'm a bit of a newb to aquariums so any help is appreciated!
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Perhaps like Tiger Barbs the presence of more conspecifics reduces aggressive behaviour? At that time I was unable to house enough C. delphax to prove if the ratio of Corydoras to Brachyrhamdia is significant".
I have had great success with tiger barbs. They also acclimate to brackish conditions. Since they are schooling fish, it's best to have at least 3 at a time.
``Slim-bodied'' could be fish such as neon tetras, White Cloud Mountain Minnows, danios etc.; ``medium bodied'' might be red-tailed black sharks, tiger barbs, platys, cory cats etc.; ``heavy bodied'' would be goldfish, oscars etc.
The best way to not have a problem with barbs is to not keep only one of them. An example of a disaster combination is the Tiger Barb with the Angelfish.
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